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Were Quotes by John McGahern
- We absolutely believed in Heaven and Hell, Purgatory, and even Limbo. I mean, they were actually closer to us than Australia or Canada, that they…
- I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.
- The rosary was said every evening. I always liked that sentence about the medieval Churches, that they were the Bibles of the poor. The Church…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you… — Orlando Bloom
- In 2002, in this country, there was an observation that for the first time in America, more kids were actively pursuing skateboarding… — Stephen Baldwin
- If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say… — Luis Bunuel
- When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort. — Kevyn Aucoin
- We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups. — Margaret Atwood
- No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only… — Wystan Hugh Auden